Newspaper Article

i lifted this from the newspaper several weeks ago,

forced to choose...
i am a 15 year old girl. i met a guy, B, last year. we really loved each other. one day, he suddenly said he wanted to break up with me.

i was so depressed. i shared my problems with my roommate and she told me to forget about him. then she hugged and kissed me! i was confused. she continued to touch me and made me feel horny and we slept together that night. i felt good about it and realised that i love her too.

2 months later, B wanted to get back together with me again but i didn't have the same feelings like i did before, even though we had sex after that, it was just for fun.

i felt guilty and confessed to my room-mate. she threatened to commit suicide if i continued my relationship with B. i promised her that i would love her forever and live with her alll my life but i want both of them. i love them.

i think i should be the one to commit suicide so that i can be fair to both of them. please help me . tell me what to do.

-Next Suicide Victim, KL
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my god - compared to this - my 'experiences' at the age of 15 were nuthin'. you take this short little letter which is 'allegedly true' - you have yourself freakin' good material for shows like melrose place or some shit like that.

seriously, there's love then followed by pain. then there's sex (lesbian sex at that!) and then there are words like 'horny' used - people talk about words like f*ck and it being a powerful word but they always overlook stuff like 'horny' which i think if said properly could be just as powerful.

then, there's love again which is followed by a turn of events where the old boyfriend comes back and then they have sex again but you know, it's just the traditional 'get-back-together' kind of sex. and then the lesbian lover finds out and threatens to kill herself because she loves her that much.

then in the heat of the moment, she says to lesbian lover that she will love her forever and that they will live together. (and they probably have sex again - but this was probably edited out of the letter thinking that - other sexually charged 15 year olds may come across this article and get 'ideas'.)

but then dillemma sinks in - because she wants both of them!

if this won't make a great 3(at the very least) back-to-back episode of some sexually charged teen drama, i don't know what will. plus, there are also in-built cliff hangers to end every episode. the 1st one can end with the lesbian lover kissing the protagonist for the 1st time...the 2nd one can be the ex-boyfriend wants back in...i mean - look at it - its all there! __________________________________________________________________

man - you hear about this kinda shit happen. and if you think about it - these may sound kinda out there - but then again, not really - doncha think? these are things that can really happen. i mean, i have no idea how you even get into shit like this but it happens. the thing is, if i were the one giving advice to this poor lost, confused 15 year old girl - i'd be extremely harsh.

my probable response would probably start off with a resounding, "Hullo! do you have any freakin' idea how silly your story sounds ah! how the hell didja end up loving this and then after sex - suddenly end up loving that?! then ex comes back - you figure why not go ahead and have some get-back-together sex but then again not really wanting him back to begin with! check that, someone made you horny and you slept with that person - suddenly you're in love with that person and you're a lesbian?! wait a minute - wait a minute, does this make you a bi-sexual...?"

then i'd have to catch my breath because honestly, all that would go through my head and i would realise that unless i really knew this 15 year old well - i wouldn't know where to start. i would wanna find out how people end up getting into this sorta shit in the 1st place.

claiming to be in love at the age of 15. it's a nice fairy-tale lah, but come on. i myself was 'in-love' when i was 17 but i didn't figure it out till i was like 20!

i figured at a very early age not to throw the word 'love' around like useless paperweight. when i said it, i meant it. every single 'letter'. if you use it too much - it just becomes another empty word with no purpose. in fact, it could become a vulgar word and just defeats its very purpose. the only draw back to the plan is that i'm afraid that when the time comes for me to use it, i'd be unable to for lack of practice. because lets face it, figuring out you're in love is hard enough - having trouble saying it just throws a whole damn monkey wrench in the works.

however, i digress.

and on that note, i shall end this entry.

signing off, the commonjack.